A friend pointed out to me that Psalm 37 is the prelude to Matthew 5. Compare Matthew 5:5 with Psalm 37:11. I believe Jesus was actually quoting from Psalm 37:11 because He knew that the Jewish people were familiar with the Old Testament and could relate to it.
Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Often, it is helpful to draw from what a person already is familiar with to bring out spiritual truth. They can relate better to what you trying to show them when you can make a connection between something they are already familiar with and the truth from Scripture you are trying to convey.
Jesus did this often. He used lamps, wine, water, harvest, farming, money management, prejudice and many other things that were familiar to his audience to make spiritual truth more clear to them.
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